Description

Immerse yourself in the revolutionary world of MINI automobile infotainment - with ""MINI Connected"". The unique connectivity of driver, MINI and the online universe enhances the typical MINI driving experience even more. All you need is a 3rd generation* MINI featuring the ""MINI Connected"" option.

Simply connect up your smartphone to the USB port of your MINI to experience the various functions of the app - with the help of the MINI Controller, the high-resolution display and the audio system of your car.Information on the compatibility of end devices and further details can be found at www.MINI.com/connectivity.

Features:

TwitterDisplays the latest status messages, personal favourites or community trends in the car. It also allows the sending of predefined text messages that can access vehicle information while driving.

Calendar Displays calendar entries in the car and lets you phone the subscriber, if required. It also lets you listen to vocalised details of appointments over the car audio system. Addresses stored in the calendar can also be transferred directly to the optional navigation system as destinations.

News With this feature, you have constant and immediate access to the latest news from your RSS News Feeds subscription.

Audio player This feature ensures that you can also access the music library stored on your smartphone at any time when using the MINI Connected app. *MINI Hatch (from production date November 2013). Not MINI Clubman, MINI Convertible, MINI Roadster, MINI Coupé, MINI Countryman, MINI Paceman.

Requirements and tips

User registration is required before activating the app for use. Several functions are only available when the end device is connected to a MINI with the ""MINI Connected"" option. The range of features and functions may differ from version to version and country to country. As selected functions are dependent on connections to third party providers, it is possible that they may not be available at all times and in the same form. A broadband connection is required. Any extra costs resulting from this (e.g. roaming charges) are a part of the customer's contract with the network provider. Please also take care to observe country-specific preconditions and requirements. Limited functionality may be experienced as a result of insufficient bandwidth or volume-based bandwidth limitation (bandwidth capping) on the part of the network provider.As a result of this, MINI can provide no guarantee for the unlimited compatibility and functionality of your mobile device when connected with the vehicle interface.

This app requires, amongst other things, the following Android permissions: Read calendar: to display the calendar in the car. Read contacts: to call subscribers registered in the calendar. Write to memory: to store dataBluetooth: to read the Bluetooth address to enable trouble-free, USB audio communication with the car. Prevent standby mode: for trouble-free USB communication.

Further details can be found in the privacy policy statement for the app.

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NonApple Punishment Not sure why this App appears in the Play Store if it doesn't work at all with my 2015 Countryman. Love the car, hate the fact that the App is completely useless! Is that going to change in a not too distant future? No intentions of going to Empire Apple EVER!!!! Your feedback would be appreciated.

Doesn't Work Disappointed that the App doesn't work for my new 2015 Countryman. It doesn't even recognize my phone is plugged in, but my Bluetooth works fine. Please fix, I only had my S6 for 2 months so I'm not switching to an iPhone

Completely useless This app has so much more capability on ios. I'm jealous for the first time of Apple users. I really want the Web radio feature! Facebook is OK but not something I need while driving. Please add Web radio!

NonApple Punishment Not sure why this App appears in the Play Store if it doesn't work at all with my 2015 Countryman. Love the car, hate the fact that the App is completely useless! Is that going to change in a not too distant future? No intentions of going to Empire Apple EVER!!!! Your feedback would be appreciated.

Doesn't Work Disappointed that the App doesn't work for my new 2015 Countryman. It doesn't even recognize my phone is plugged in, but my Bluetooth works fine. Please fix, I only had my S6 for 2 months so I'm not switching to an iPhone

Completely useless This app has so much more capability on ios. I'm jealous for the first time of Apple users. I really want the Web radio feature! Facebook is OK but not something I need while driving. Please add Web radio!

Total disapointment - Shame Mini Shame! About one year ago this app worked with my new 2014 Mini. Then as the updates came it stopped working. I brought it into the Mini dealer for servicing and they indicated that the app did not work for them either. They even refreshed my Mini with the latest software and still nothing. How is it possible that Mini would allow such a failure to continue for so long!?

Latest version crashes I liked the features in the previous update but now it crashes without loading anything. Will not open. Edit: clearing the cache and data in the apps section resolved the crash problem for me.

Useless Crashes immediately upon launch. Even when it used to launch, it was never able to sync with the car. No feature parity with ios. 85% of all smartphones active today are android. Why can't BMW figure that out. Watch for Android Auto coming to other automotive manufacturers worldwide soon.

Waste of space: functionless on Android Why have the app on GooglePlay if it doesn't even function on Android devices. I have a MINI, spent a pretty penny on the multimedia console, & can't even use it because your mighty dictatorship of a company refuses to allow non-Apple devices. If you don't want pledge allegiance to Steve Jobs or ISIS than don't download this app or buy a MINI.

Looks like it would be cool I just got my 2014 Countryman and I was hoping to be able to use this app on my brand new car, but sadly it seems they have not added any functionality to this app that will work with my new car. Hope that one day that will change since I don't plan on going back to an iPhone any time soon.

Not very functional for Android yet. The apple version of MINI Connected acts as a container for other apps to run and interface with the car. The android allows for some statistics to be captured as well as access to news, twitter, and FB updates. I have the new 2014 Mini Cooper S Hardtop F56. I had difficulty making the app connect until I realized that the USB cable I was using might be a charge only cable. I swapped out my USB and the phone immediately connected. The app disables access to music from your phone because of the type of connection it demands but does allow address book access. However, the phone does not seem to recognize FB based contacts and their associated phone/address items. ***6/16/2014**** Lowering rating to 1 star as BMW is adding new functionality to the iPhone app but not bring the Android app up to par. BMW is now allowing you to control a GoPro Hero 3 camera using the vehicle infotainment system and the iPhone version of Mini Connected. Since BMW is NOT adding functionality to the Android app , the app simply serves no practical purpose to Android users.

A Premium App From a Premium Company ...not so much. Doesn't even connect. Judging by the other reviews for this particular app and others from BMW group, I suppose I should have expected garbage. Though, you'd think that, having taken nearly two years to get an Android app out, they'd have at least made sure there was basic functionality. BMW is not the same company I bought my 3-series from a decade ago, *THAT* company wouldn't have thought the putting out this PoS app out was acceptable. And why can't I give a ZERO starts rating???

Embarrassing... I'm a technologist by career and an optimist in life, neither of those could carry me with the limited usefulness of this app. What little functionality offered by the app worked fine but the numerous cons outweighed the mostly absent pros. (Note: I have a 2015 F56 and I connected a Samsung S4) -- Pros: 1. The Facebook and Twitter feeds are cool and quick, and easy to navigate. 2. Graphics on the console were very good -- Cons: 1. Connects only by USB cable (not able to connect via Bluetooth) 2. Takes over the entire phone - no telephone service, disables Bluetooth connectivity to your car, no multi-media/music (I use Google Play for device-to-device consistency, maybe a device specific player might work, maybe) 3. Minimal car data downloaded to the phone (easier to just look it up on the center console). ---- Android may have the largest market share but Apple is consistent from year-to-year, device-to-device, carrier-to-carrier. Once carriers stop customizing Android to death large companies like BMW will be able to justify the money/time/effort for broader cross-platform consistency. For now, on Android, avoid this app.

Pointless in current feature set. I want to love this App I just purchased an F56 Hardtop with Visual XL with Nav with the knowledge that Android now was compatible with Mini Connected. This app for Android is so limited vs the app for IOS it makes this app pointless. Please Update this app and bring at least some of those features available to IOS users to Android ASAP very disappointed.

Very limited functionality For the brand that lets you personalize everything about your car you still only have one option when it comes to which smartphone to integrate with your MINI. When I visited the MINI website it still only lists the iPhone as the only connect compatible device. Get your poop in a group MINI!

Lacks functionality Here's what I would like: Get into my car (2015 MINI Cooper S with the Wired + Wired Upgrade packages) and go with as little fiddling with my phone (HTC One M8) as possible (I can live with plugging in the USB cable). I'd like to access and control as many of my apps as possible through the MINI center console/idrive control nob/steering wheel. For example, I'd like to open Pandora through the center console, be able to pause, play, skip tracks, change stations, and rate songs (I think the iPhone version has this...). I'd like to be able to switch from Pandora to Audible using the car controls (again, not fiddling with my phone) and be able to pause/play/skip forward and back/change books, etc. (I tried my friends iPhone 6 and I couldn't switch between apps using the car controls.) I can do none of these things using the MINI Connected app for Android. I get a little functionality using bluetooth media instead (which this app disables), but I still have to fiddle with my phone to play/pause/change apps. At a minimum, this app should have all the functionality of the iPhone version. Please help us, BMW/MINI. We really want to love your products!

Do Right By Me BMW I bought the car and the feature just like iPhone/iPod users. Don't punish me for the type of phone I chose just update the app to work the same as it would with an apple device. Do the right thing.

Doesn't connect - don't bother, but check back once in a while Neither an update Samsung S-III or Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will connect to my 2013 Paceman. No diagnostics to indicate what the problem might be. Mini's website is no help, with lots of Mini Connect information dating back to 2010, seemingly never having been updated. If Mini had half an ounce (14.2 grams) of sense, they'd open-source this application and let us fix and improve it for them. But, despite their cars being generally amazing and awesome, they've really fallen down on the job when it comes to maintaining compatibility with the largest population of device users.

Useless Won't connect at all on my new JCW Countryman. Really? Is this the best a top-tier car manufacturer can do? Tell you what, BMW Group: publish the interface and let's see what real developers can do.